Jersey City NJ

NEW JERSEY (PIX11) – A New Jersey school district is shutting down its offices and schools on Monday, according to the superintendent. Passaic Public Schools will be closed on Monday due to an incoming winter storm. “Due to inclement weather and hazardous driving and walking conditions, Passaic Public Schools and...

He’s now the boss of the Colombo crime family, the feds say — and his decision to hold court at a family Christmas party in Brooklyn could land him back in the can. Theodore “Skinny Teddy” Persico Jr., the nephew of notorious Colombo boss Carmine “The Snake” Persico,” has officially taken the title once held by his...

AT least one person has been killed and 14 injured in a gas explosion at a New York City apartment block. The explosion triggered a four-alarm blaze at the top...

Jersey mornings hit different when the first bite of a warm bagel greets the day before sunrise. These shops flick on the lights while the rest of the block is still yawning, hand rolling dough and boiling rings that crunch then melt. If you chase that perfect schmear or crave...

In a recent court hearing, a Brooklyn Federal Judge extended her condolences to Karl Jordan Jr., the man previously accused of murdering hip-hop icon Jam Master Jay, after he suffered injuries from an assault while incarcerated at the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) in Brooklyn. Judge LaShaan DeArcy Hall conveyed...

Two people from Georgia were charged for their roles in an armed home invasion in Bergen County last year, Bergen County prosecutors said. Deterrieynn T. Lewis, 24, of Lithonia, Georgia, was charged with first-degree counts of home invasion and use of a juvenile to commit a crime, and second-degree weapons offenses...

Satellites were used to understand the impact of the city's structures. Study makes grim discovery about New York City's skyscrapers: 'It is a deep concern' first appeared on The Cool Down .

A Jersey City woman has been sentenced to two years in federal prison and ordered to pay more than $184,000 in restitution after fraudulently obtaining business loans during the coronavirus pandemic. Kisha Sutton, 45, will also be subject to five years of supervised release, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the...

Police from the 109th Precinct are still looking for more than a dozen suspects who left a man beaten and robbed in College Point in late December. The 22-year-old victim was on a desolate stretch of College Point Boulevard near the intersection of 123rd Street, across from the NYPD Police Academy, on the night of...

Picture this: you’re cozy inside while snow is falling hard outside, and out of nowhere, a random cat shows up at your window. What would you do? Would you turn it away, or open the door and help?. I know what I’d choose. I might not bring the cat...